'No case of swine flu reported in India'
No case of swine flu has been reported in India so far, a press release of the High Commission of India said yesterday.
It said India has been closely monitoring the situation on influenza A/H1N1 (swine flu) infection.
Indian authorities have undertaken health screening of passengers coming from affected countries in 21 International airports at Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Calicut, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Varanasi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Srinagar, Trichy and Trivandrum, the press release added.
A total of 41,498 passengers have been screened as of May 4. Of them, around 8,353 passengers were from affected countries.
It also said four passengers have been referred to identified health facility -- two at Delhi and two at Cochin. So far, a total of 12 samples have been tested negative. Three samples are under test.
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